If a school district in a uber leftist state like Colorado can understand this then the rest of the country needs to wake up.

As state legislators debate on what measures should be taken to prevent school shootings, one rural school district in Colorado is not waiting around and has given the green light for teachers and staff to be armed.

The New York Post reports the Hanover School District 28 board voted 3-2 to allow school employees to go through training and be armed during school hours.

Fleming School Superintendent Steve McCracken said staff who volunteer for carrying during work will undergo 46 hours of training, including live fire shooting, have to go through annual training, and will receive a psychological examination.

School board president Mark McPherson is not sold on the idea: “We need to leave that to the professionals.”

School board member Michael Lawson has been pushing for school staff to be armed since June 2016.

“I don’t care if any of the staff ever pick up a gun,” Lawson told The Gazette in 2016. “The fact that you have a ‘No guns’ sign at your front door is an invitation. If this resolution passes, we can put up a sign, ‘Some staff at this school may be armed.’ To me, that’s a deterrent.”

Colorado State House Minority Leader Patrick Neville (R), a Columbine High School shooting survivor, is planning on introducing legislationthat will allow concealed carry permit holders to enter school buildings with firearms.

Yet according to San Fran Nan this is only crumbs but I promise you the CVS employees think it is more than crumbs.

CVS Health will use a portion of corporate benefits brought by the passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act to increase wages for hourly employees and offer paid parental leave to full-time workers, according to CNBC.

The healthcare company, which has over 240,000 employees, will boost starting hourly pay to $11 an hour from $9 an hour, and full-time employees will be offered up to four weeks of paid parental leave.

In response to decreasing unemployment rates and a tightening labor market, many companies have announced bonuses and benefits for employees, results praised by President Donald Trump after the tax bill’s passage last year.

Our big and very popular Tax Cut and Reform Bill has taken on an unexpected new source of “love” – that is big companies and corporations showering their workers with bonuses. This is a phenomenon that nobody even thought of, and now it is the rage. Merry Christmas!

The announcement of wage increases at CVS and other companies, including Walmart, have been criticized by some, as they have argued that temporary bonuses are not enough to offer lasting benefits for the middle class.

The move comes as CVS’ fourth-quarter results exceeded expectations, and it prepares for a shareholder vote next month on its proposed $69 billion acquisition of health insurer Aetna.

Earnings for the pharmaceutical company included a $1.5 billion benefit from the tax bill, but retail sales have continued to disappoint.

“As much as CVS is forward thinking and innovative in health, it is an extraordinarily unimaginative and backward-looking retailer,” said Neil Saunders, managing director of GlobalData Retail, according to CNBC.

“This is one of the reasons why front-of-store sales are still in negative territory despite very weak prior year comparatives and a boost to sales from remedies for a particularly nasty flu and cold season.”

Venezuela the place DemocRats hailed as utopia when in fact Venezuela shows how much of a failure socialism really is.

This is what America would look like under Bernie Sanders or Hillary Clinton as president.

In 2017, Venezuela’s annual inflation rate rose to 4,068 percent, according to reports made by the opposition-led National Assembly.

According to The Wall Street Journal, the inflation rate has risen so rapidly that the government cannot print money fast enough to keep up with the demand. A U.S. dollar currently is worth more than 200,000 bolivars, the Venezuelan currency.

Some experts are concerned that the crisis will only continue to get worse. Omar Zambrano, former economist for the Inter-American Development Bank, said he believes the country now faces an ultimatum.

“The authorities have lost control, they can’t stop creating bolivars even if they wanted to,” Zambrano said. “This ends in two ways: Either we adopt the dollar or we go back to bartering.”

The Venezuelan minimum wage has also suffered from high inflation, yet is still only equivalent to $1 a month, according to a Reuters report. The government blames this situation on economic aggression led by the American government, however, the cause of this inflation seems to to be much more complex than that.

The person was found off Iberia Drive in the Livingston Trace subdivision south of the Juban Road exit on I-12. First responders and the coroner were on scene before 5 o’clock.

The victim has been identified as 58-year-old L’tanya Grimes of Denham Springs.

According to preliminary reports, there are no indications that there was foul play involved, and the drowning is being considered accidental.

Lemon is no stranger to personal tragedy and heartbreak — in 2010, during a broadcast about a church leader accused of sexually molesting young boys, the CNN host tearfully admitted on air he had been the victim of a pedophile.

He had been so consumed by the shame of the experience he hadn’t even been able to tell his own mother about it until years later, when he was in his 30s: “I am going to tell you something that I have never admitted on television. I was a victim of a pedophile when I was a kid.”

The Lemon/Grimes family would like to thank everyone for their condolences and prayers at this time. Our family has suffered the tragic loss of L’Tanya ‘Leisa’ Lemon Grimes. We are leaning on each other for strength at this time. We appreciate privacy as we grieve the loss of our loved one.

Lemon is not expected to be behind the desk Thursday night on CNN, and he tweeted a message about his sister Thursday afternoon.

“Political correctness is tyranny with manners.”

Actor Tim Allen is quickly becoming an outspoken voice among conservatives, and he has joined the cast of “No Safe Spaces,” a film by comedian Adam Carolla and conservative radio host Dennis Prager that addresses the need for free speech on college campuses and in pop culture.

In 2009, Prager created PragerU, a website that centered on the discussion of various subjects from a conservative viewpoint.

Prager has now joined forces with Carolla in order to break down PC barriers on college campuses. The two are currently traveling around the country and speaking to various colleges about free speech.

“Nothing kills comedy quite like people who are constantly offended,” said Carolla in an article with the New York Post. “It’s impossible to be funny if we’re not allowed to poke fun at each other and that’s what’s happening with a new generation of people who seem to be offended for a living.”

Allen’s ABC sitcom “Last Man Standing” was canceled last year, and many believe it was due to the show’s focus on conservative values. However, Allen has continued to be outspoken about his beliefs in his project with Carolla and Prager.

Carolla fears that if people continue to become hyper-sensitive to a statement that may cause offense, the effects could be detrimental to society.

“If we can’t have fun with one another, then we lose our humanity. If free speech goes, then our basic freedoms will follow soon after,” Carolla said.

If doing what Lurch Kerry just did is’t a crime it should be the bastard is a traitor.

As for Lurch saying he might run in 2020 he was set packing after the 2004 election I guess he wants to be a two time loser.

Former Secretary of State John Kerry has reportedly undermined President Donald Trump in the Middle East.

The Trump administration hasn’t had any contact with the Palestinian Authority since announcing its plan to move the U.S. embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. But that didn’t stop Kerry from sending the Palestinians a message:

“Stay strong and do not give in to Trump.”

Kerry made the comment during a recent meeting in London with Hussein Agha, a close associate of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, The Jerusalem Post reported.

Furthermore, according to the report, Kerry, who worked under former President Barack Obama, asked Abbas, through Agha, not to attack the United States or the Trump administration in general, but to center his criticism on the president alone.

Kerry also reportedly told Agha he is “seriously considering” running for president in 2020.

Our military’s role is to keep the peace; to keep the peace for one more year, one more month, one more week, one more day; to ensure our diplomats who are working to solve problems do so from a position of strength and giving allies confidence in us. This confidence is underpinned by the assurance that our military will win should diplomacy fail.

While diplomacy is the preferred method of conflict resolution, after a four-decade career in the Marines, Mattis is well aware of the dangers posed to the U.S. However, he offered a grave warning to anyone who is considering a physical attack on America.

“To those who would threaten America’s experiment in democracy, they must know: If you challenge us, it will be your longest and your worst day,” Mattis declared.

He advised detractors to “work with our diplomats” because “you don’t want to fight the Department of Defense.”

Boeing is to be commended for offering to make sure our troops overseas were not deprived from their only source of entertainment and news.

When budget disagreements on Capitol Hill result in a shutdown of the government’s “nonessential” operations, it can often be surprising what qualifies as “nonessential.”

In 2013, then-President Barack Obama attempted to shutter open-air memorials, claiming that the manpower required to keep them clean was “nonessential.” President Donald Trump has worked with Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke to ensure that won’t happen.

White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders noted on Friday, as a result of this shutdown, the military lost access to one major connection between the U.S. and troops serving overseas — the Armed Forces Network — which, at some times, is the only network available:

I received this from a young infantryman serving in Afghanistan this morning. Sad that the men and women who have sacrificed so much are deprived of even the most basic connection to home bc Democrats are playing political games. #SchumerShutdown

AFN, part of the Armed Forces Radio and Television Services, is designed to provide information, morale, and a taste of home to troops stationed overseas. The schedule includes everything from television series, movies, and sporting events — such as championship football:

It wasn’t long before Boeing, one of a number of companies that just announced bonuses coming as the result of the recent tax cuts, stepped up to make a very generous offer:

Friday’s government shutdown put a lot of federal services on hold, and members of Congress still can’t agree on how to move forward.

The shutdown is a burden for many who rely on federal funds, including active duty military personnel. In fact, if Congress can’t figure things out soon, those service members might not take home a paycheck. On the other hand, members of the House and Senate still get paid. But not every representative on Capitol Hill is OK with that, and they’re speaking out about it.

Thus far, several members of Congress are requesting that their salary is withheld.

Did you know that during a #GovtShutdown Members of Congress still get paid?! Not me. I told @CAOHouse to withhold my pay. It’s crazy to me that Members of Congress get paid while military service members do not.

Congress shouldn’t be paid during this #GovtShutdown , just like some of you aren’t being paid & especially if our military & first responders are not. I will donate my salary to a military/veterans’ charity each day. Today’s pay will go to Vetshouse, Inc.http://www.vetshouseinc.org

Amidst all the debate over the shutdown, these members of Congress are focused on making a difference. Their willingness to give up their salary reveals that they aren’t in for themselves, but that they are putting their country first.

When you are a Warrior General and are committed to your job you adapt you improvise and you overcome.

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On Friday, Secretary of Defense James Mattis traveled to Johns Hopkins University to unveil the newest version of the National Defense Strategy. On the way, however, it looked as if his motorcade was going to be late for his scheduled appearance.

Instead of accepting the unacceptable, the retired Marine general got out and walked the last 15 minutes in order to arrive on time.

One of the biggest takeaways from the new National Defense Strategy is that the Department of Defense is pivoting to focus on maintaining a competitive military advantage to deter Russian and Chinese aggression.

Elbridge Colby, deputy assistant secretary of defense for strategy and force development, said the main pillars of the new strategy include “peace through strength, the affirmation of America’s international role, the U.S. alliance and partnership structure, and the necessity to build military advantage to maintain key regional balances of power.”